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Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) is a national organization for research at the University of Chicago. Supported by the National Science Foundation and five other federal agencies, NORC is responsible for the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). The SED gathers information annually from over 40,000 new U.S. research doctorate graduates about their educational histories, funding sources, and post-doctoral plans. Each year the SED data are added to a larger historical record of doctorate-degree graduates, the Doctorate Records File (DRF). Begun in 1920, the DRF contains annual information used to track the number of graduates in various fields; the educational paths of scientists, engineers, and humanists; movement of graduates into the labor market; and similar information.
When you file your dissertation, we will require that you also submit a completed Survey of Earned Doctorates form. You can obtain the form from the NORC website or at the Graduate Degrees office. Please choose the survey that corresponds with the date that you will be receiving your doctoral degree.
Doctoral Student Exit Survey
What was your graduate experience at Berkeley like? Your answers to this short and confidential questionnaire will help us improve the quality of graduate education at Berkeley. Completed surveys can be mailed or hand-delivered to the Graduate Degrees office.
Last Updated: August 6, 2008 12:18 PM
